küünal

Probably derived from Proto-Norse *ᚲᚢᚾᛞᛁᛚᚨ (*kundila), compare Old Norse kyndill, Old Swedish kyndil (“candle, torch”), Norwegian Bokmål kyndel (“torch”). Another theory suggests a later borrowing directly from Old Swedish kyndil (“candle, torch”). Either way, ultimately from Latin candēla (“candle”). Cognates include Finnish kynttilä, Votic tšüntteli, Ingrian kyntteli and Livonian kīņḑõl. Doublet of kandela.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkyˑnɑl/, [ˈkyˑnɑl]

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• Rhymes: -yˑnɑl
• Hyphenation: küü‧nal

küünal (genitive küünla, partitive küünalt)

1. candle (an ignitable solid light source made of wax, stearin or other combustible material)

   küünalt põletama, kustutama ― to burn, to blow out a candle

   rasvast küünlaid valama ― to pour candles out of animal fat

   Kuusk säras küünaldes. ― The Christmas tree lit up in candles.

2. (automotive) spark plug, sparking plug (gas mixture ignition device in the cylinder of the internal combustion engine)
3. (medicine) suppository
4. (physics, obsolete) candela (unit of luminous intensity)

   Synonym: kandela

5. (colloquial) Candlemas (February 2, one of the winter solstices in the Estonian folk calendar, and a Catholic holiday celebrating the day when the Virgin Mary first went to church with baby Jesus and the candles lit up by themselves)

   Synonyms: küünlamaarjapäev, küünlapäev

• (candela): kandela
• (Candlemas): küünlamaarjapäev, küünlapäev

• küünal in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “küünal”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009